The return of teachers and students was cheered on by many members of the community, as well as Gov. Susana Martinez.

Thursday everybody in Roswell was a Bulldog.

“I’m supporting Berrendo,” said Sarah Mathison, a fifth-grader at All Saints Catholic School.

Between signs and balloons, black and gold, the middle school’s colors, were everywhere. On the signs were the words "love" and "courage."

“We are here for them if they need anything,” said Kara Casaus, who was in the crowd of people cheering the return to school.

That Tuesday shooting injured two students, one of them critically.

“They have a counselor in every single classroom,” said Martinez. “There are people here supporting them in everything they need.”

Martinez wore Bulldog pride with a sticker on her cheek.

She said it isn’t necessarily just the kids who need counseling, and that teachers were rocked by the shooting.

“The quicker you can get kids back into that setting the better off they will be as the healing process starts,” said Tom Burris, superintendent of the Roswell Independent School District, on why he made the decision to reopen less than 48 hours after the gunfire.

ITS DOORS, JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAURA THOREN WAS THERE AS PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS HEADED BACK. NATS OF CHEERING: We love you, woo! GOLD AND BLACK FILLED THE MORNING SKY, THURSDAY. THEY'RE THE COLORS OF BERRENDO MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND ON THIS MORNING -- EVERYONE IN ROSWELL -- WAS A BULLDOG. I'm supporting Berrendo. AND COVER MY QUESTION// by holding up signs and balloons. They are going to feel like we support them, and we are here for them if they need anything. KARA CASAUS WAS ONE OF DOZENS FROM AREA SCHOOLS TO SHOW UP WITH SIGNS SPELLING OUT 'LOVE' AND 'COURAGE' FOR THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY RETURNING TO BERRENDO. 2 DAYS AGO - THE SCHOOL'S GYM WAS GROUND ZERO IN A SHOOTING THAT INJURED 2 STUDENTS, ONE CRITICALLY. SOT They have a counselor in every single classroom. There are people here supporting them in everything they need. GOVERNOR MARTINEZ - WHO ALSO WORE BULLDOG PRIDE WITH A STICKER ON HER CHEEK - SAYS IT'S NOT JUST KIDS WHO NEED COUNSELING. TEACHERS -- TOO -- WERE ROCKED BY THIS SCHOOL SHOOTING. SUPERINTENDENT OF ROSWELL SCHOOLS TOM BURRIS EXPLAINS WHY HE MADE THE DECISION TO REOPEN LESS THAN 48 HOURS AFTER THE TRAGEDY. SOT The quicker you can get kids back into that setting the better off they will be as the healing process starts HEALING THAT WILL TAKE TIME... BUT HEALING THAT'S HELPED BY A COMMUNITY - AN ENTIRE STATE - EVEN THE WHOLE NATION. IN ROSWELL LAURA THOREN KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. COMING UP AT 6 - WE'LL BE HEARING FROM PARENTS WHO SAY THIS WAS TOO SOON FOR STUDENTS TO GO BACK... AND WHY THEY DECIDED, NOT TO LET THEIR KIDS RETURN. THE TEACHER HAILED AS A HERO,

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